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Exclusive: Inside the Met Gala After-party

When surprise performer Bruno Mars stepped down from the stage in the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art toward the end of last night’s star-studded gala, hundreds of cheering guests, most looking for the next stop on a very big night, flocked across the street to East Seventy-ninth Street to the Fletcher-Sinclair mansion for an invitation-only after-party hosted by Miuccia Prada. "I'm over the moon," Prada exclaimed, surveying the scene. Three floors of the stunning venue, also known as the Harry F. Sinclair House for the 1930s oil baron who once called it home, were transformed for the occasion with light gray sofas and flowers placed throughout—and everybody there jumped on the opportunity to take it all in. Jessica Biel and fiancé Justin Timberlake made the rounds, Kirsten Dunst claimed a spot with Mia Wasikowska, and Mario Testino meandered about with, of course, a camera around his neck, playfully snapping shots of Angela Lindvall and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Meanwhile, new New Yorker Tim Tebow chatted up Camilla Belle in the third-floor lounge. Just as the crowd started to swell, Alicia Keys arrived—almost out of nowhere—and settled on the bench of a sleek white piano before serenading a captive audience with favorites like “Streets of New York,” which brought the room, especially Pharrell Williams, to its feet. After the performance, Kate Bosworth, wearing a custom-made feather dress by Prada, and boyfriend, Michael Polish headed through the throngs to the third floor. “The good thing about this dress is that there is no way my friends can lose me in a crowd,” Bosworth joked, revealing the feathers had been oiled and groomed for weeks before she even tried it on. “I love the cascade from burgundy to navy.” And what of the special performance at the gala? “It was like Animal House,” exclaimed Polish, with Bosworth chiming in, “His daughter loves Bruno Mars so I e-mailed her a video of the performance halfway through!”